The Subgroup Structure of the Finite Classical Groups

Chapter 1 Motivation and Setting for the Results
§1.1 Introduction 1
§1.2 The classical groups 2
§1.3 The alternating, sporadic and exceptional groups 6
Chapter 2 Basic Properties of the Classical Groups
§2.1 Introduction 9
§2.2 The linear groups 20
§2.3 The unitary groups 22
§2.4 The symplectic groups 24
§2.5 The orthogonal groups 26
§2.6 Orthogonal groups in odd dimension 34
§2.7 Orthogonal groups with Witt defect 0 35
§2.8 Orthogonal groups with Witt defect 1 39
§2.9 Structure and isomorphisms 43
§2.10 Classical groups acting on their associated geometries 47
Chapter 3 The Statement of the Main Theorem
§3.1 Introduction 57
§3.2 How to determine the conjugacy amongst members of C 61
§3.3 How to determine the structure of members of C 64
§3.4 How to determine the overgroups of members of C 65
§3.5 The tables 69
Chapter 4 The Structure and Conjugacy of the Members of C
§4.0 Introduction 80
§4.1 The reducible subgroups C\ 83
§4.2 The imprimitive subgroups C 2 99
§4.3 The field extension subgroups C 3 Ill
§4.4 The tensor product subgroups C 4 126
§4.5 The subfield subgroups C 5 139
§4.6 The symplectic-type subgroups CQ 148
§4.7 The tensor product subgroups C7 155
§4.8 The classical subgroups C 8 165
Chapter 5 Properties of the Finite Simple Groups
§5.1 Basic properties of the simple groups 169
§5.2 Subgroups of the simple groups 174
§5.3 Representations of the simple groups 183
§5.4 Groups of Lie type: representations in the natural characteristic 189
§5.5 Further results on representations 203
Chapter 6 Non-maximal Subgroups in C: the Examples
§6.1 The case H G Ci 209
§6.2 The case H G C 2 211
§6.3 The case H G C 4 219
Chapter 7 Determining the Maximality of Members of C, Part I
§7.1 The case H G Ci 223
§7.2 The case H G C 2 225
§7.3 The case H G C z 233
§7.4 The case H G C 4 237
§7.5 The case H G C 5 240
§7.6 The case H G C 6 241
§7.7 The case H G C 7 242
§7.8 The case H G C 8 245
Chapter 8 Determining the Maximality of Members C, Part II
§8.1 Introduction 247
§8.2 The case H G C 2 251
§8.3 The case H G C 3 258
§8.4 The case H G C 4 261
§8.5 The case H G C 6 267
^8.6 The case H G C 7 269
References 289
Index of notation 296
Index 299